Daily Archives: October 14, 2015

ABU DHABI: Shoaib Malik posted his highest score to boost Pakistan on the second day of the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Malik was not out on 168 as Pakistan reached 389-4 at lunch after resuming on 286-4 on a placid Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch. With ...

The winners, to be announced at a gala in Los Angeles on November 22, will be determined through voting by fans, unlike the more prestigious Grammy Awards which are based on polling within the music industry. Swift s early lead is not surprising as the American Music Awards nominations are based ...

Amir Mehdi Kazemi Tehran Iran has started to mass produce its homegrown smart torpedo dubbed Valfajr with the aim of delivering the weapon to the country’s naval forces. Iran’s defense ministry has announced that the advanced torpedo enjoys various features including high speed explosive warheads with the capability to completely ...

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says his countrymen will defend their land and will not sacrifice their “dignity” and “independence” in the face of Saudi Arabia’s relentless attacks. “Today there is an invasion and attempts to occupy this country, and it is of importance that the Yemeni people are ...

Clashes have erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces at a refugee camp in the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank. The clashes broke out at the Arroub refugee camp, located north of al-Khalil, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, clashes also erupted between Palestinians and Israelis in the Awwa ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says as long as the revolutionary movement and ideology continue to exist, Iran’s progress, influence, grandeur and spiritual dominance will increase in the region and beyond. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a Wednesday meeting with a number of Iranian elites ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced plans for a visit to the Middle East, in a bid to calm rising tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. “I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to reengage and see if we can move that ...

WASHINGTON: A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a UN Security Council resolution and Washington will raise the incident at the United Nations, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Iran said it tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile on Sunday, signalling an apparent ...

The Taliban says its militants are retreating from the northern city of Kunduz, which fell to the militant group briefly late last month. But Taliban spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday, “We assure our people and the world that we are able to seize the city.” “Pulling back from Kunduz ...

At least six people have lost their lives in a “terrorist attack” carried out by unknown militants in the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the government says. The militants raided a convoy of civilian vehicles guarded by police forces in an area some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Gao, the ...